# Third or fourth degree electrical burns at UPS Systems
> OSHA SIR `2015096933` · 9/21/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Air conditioning units
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS Systems
- **Location:** 5980 W. Sam Houston Pkwy N. Ste 100, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 334414
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was testing A/C equipment, reading the voltage of the compositor by placing the alligator clamps on the A/C. The employee was shocked by the A/C unit, which was not locked out at the time, and he passed out on top of the bus bar. He received a third degree burn on his left cheek and left hands.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*